Moisture patterns in douglas-fir and tanoak slash

Norman C. Scott

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Moisture patterns in douglas-fir and tanoak slash

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Authors:

Norman C. Scott

Year:

1964

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PSW-RN-055. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 5 p

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Abstract

Moisture content in Douglas-fir cull logs and boles of felled tanoaks was sampled periodically at 2-inch intervals to a depth of 6 inches from October 1960-0ctober 1961. The study area had been clear cut in 1958 and the hardwoods felled in 1959. Analysis of the data showed that the moisture level in tanoak stems decreased at an increasing rate from a 6-inch depth to the surface, whereas Douglas-fir moisture content increased at an increasing rate in this same direction.

Citation

Scott, Norman C. 1964. Moisture Patterns in Douglas-Fir and Tanoak Slash. Res. Note PSW-RN-055. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 5 p